On Wednesday, the word "pele" was added to the more than 167,000 words in the Michaelis Portuguese dictionary printed in Brazil.

For the world's 265 million-odd Portuguese speakers, "pele" can now be used to denote something or someone extraordinary -- the sense in which it is already employed informally in Brazil.

"The expression already used to refer to someone who is the best at what they do has been eternalized on the pages of the dictionary!" the&nbsp;Pele&nbsp;Foundation said on Instagram.

Under the new entry, the word is defined as "exceptional, incomparable, unique" -- &nbsp;qualities associated with "The King" of football who died in December at the age of 82.

The online version of the Michaelis also provides useful examples: "He is the&nbsp;pele&nbsp;of basketball... She is the&nbsp;pele&nbsp;of Brazilian drama."&nbsp;

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For now, the word has been included only in the Michaelis online version, though it will be added to printed dictionaries in future.

It is the result of a campaign by the&nbsp;Pele&nbsp;Foundation, the sports channel SporTV and the Sao Paulo football club Santos where&nbsp;Pele&nbsp;played for much of his career.

Pele&nbsp;scored a world record 1,281 goals during his more than two decades playing with Santos (1956-74), the Brazilian national team, and the New York Cosmos (1975-77).

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On Wednesday, the word "pele" was added to the more than 167,000 words in the Michaelis Portuguese dictionary printed in Brazil. For the world's 265 million-odd Portuguese speakers, "pele" can now be used to denote something or someone extraordinary -- the sense in which it is already employed informally in Brazil.

On Wednesday, the word "pele" was added to the more than 167,000 words in the Michaelis Portuguese dictionary printed in Brazil. For the world's 265 million-odd Portuguese speakers, "pele" can now be used to denote something or someone extraordinary -- the sense in which it is already employed informally in Brazil. "The expression already used to refer to someone who is the best at what they do has been eternalized on the pages of the dictionary!" the Pele Foundation said on Instagram. Under the new entry, the word is defined as "exceptional, incomparable, unique" -- qualities associated with "The King" of football who died in December at the age of 82. The online version of the Michaelis also provides useful examples: "He is the pele of basketball... She is the pele of Brazilian drama." ALSO READ | BCCI reveals Annual Player Retainership for women's team, Harmanpreet, Mandhana retain Grade A category For now, the word has been included only in the Michaelis online version, though it will be added to printed dictionaries in future. It is the result of a campaign by the Pele Foundation, the sports channel SporTV and the Sao Paulo football club Santos where Pele played for much of his career. Pele scored a world record 1,281 goals during his more than two decades playing with Santos (1956-74), the Brazilian national team, and the New York Cosmos (1975-77). WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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Pele&nbsp;was a footballer like no other, and his final resting place will be exceptional, too: a large replica stadium complete with artificial turf inside the world's tallest vertical cemetery. The Brazilian football great, whose funeral was held Tuesday after his death last week at age 82, bought his mausoleum 19 years ago inside the Memorial Ecumenical Cemetery, a veritable high-rise that holds the Guinness World Record for the tallest cemetery on Earth. Located in Santos, the southeastern port city where "The King" played most of his storied career, the cemetery has a total area of 40,000 square meters (430,000 square feet) and features a 24-hour restaurant, a chapel, an automobile museum, a small fish pond and an aviary.

Located on the first floor,&nbsp;Pele's 200-square-meter mausoleum will be decorated like a football stadium, with his embalmed body resting in a coffin displayed in the middle of the artificial turf, surrounded by gilded images from his glory days, a spokesman for the cemetery said.&nbsp;Edson Arantes do Nascimento&nbsp;--&nbsp;Pele's real name -- had spoken openly about his planned resting place, saying in 2003 that he liked the spot because it "doesn't look like a cemetery" and gave him a feeling of "spiritual peace and tranquility."

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The striking white building was conceived by late Argentine businessman Jose Salomon Altstut, who broke ground on the project in 1983. Officially inaugurated in 1991, it has a total of 18,000 interment spaces, and became the first vertical cemetery in the world to provide space for mausoleums. The cemetery's website says clients are allowed to "create a decorated space" in their mausoleums, which can even include en-suite rest areas for mourners.&nbsp;Pele's late father, aunt, brother and daughter are already interred in the same place, as well as Antonio Wilson Honorio, nicknamed "Coutinho," his teammate at Santos FC in the 1960s. The cemetery sits a stone's throw from Santos's Vila Belmiro stadium, where&nbsp;Pele&nbsp;first dazzled the world as a 15-year-old phenom, on his way to scoring a record 1,281 career goals and becoming the only player in history to win three World Cups.

Pele was a footballer like no other, and his final resting place will be exceptional, too: a large replica stadium complete with artificial turf inside the world's tallest vertical cemetery.

Pele was a footballer like no other, and his final resting place will be exceptional, too: a large replica stadium complete with artificial turf inside the world's tallest vertical cemetery. The Brazilian football great, whose funeral was held Tuesday after his death last week at age 82, bought his mausoleum 19 years ago inside the Memorial Ecumenical Cemetery, a veritable high-rise that holds the Guinness World Record for the tallest cemetery on Earth. Located in Santos, the southeastern port city where "The King" played most of his storied career, the cemetery has a total area of 40,000 square meters (430,000 square feet) and features a 24-hour restaurant, a chapel, an automobile museum, a small fish pond and an aviary. Located on the first floor, Pele's 200-square-meter mausoleum will be decorated like a football stadium, with his embalmed body resting in a coffin displayed in the middle of the artificial turf, surrounded by gilded images from his glory days, a spokesman for the cemetery said. Edson Arantes do Nascimento -- Pele's real name -- had spoken openly about his planned resting place, saying in 2003 that he liked the spot because it "doesn't look like a cemetery" and gave him a feeling of "spiritual peace and tranquility." Also read: Pele's funeral: Santos bid final goodbye to Brazilian legend The striking white building was conceived by late Argentine businessman Jose Salomon Altstut, who broke ground on the project in 1983. Officially inaugurated in 1991, it has a total of 18,000 interment spaces, and became the first vertical cemetery in the world to provide space for mausoleums. The cemetery's website says clients are allowed to "create a decorated space" in their mausoleums, which can even include en-suite rest areas for mourners. Pele's late father, aunt, brother and daughter are already interred in the same place, as well as Antonio Wilson Honorio, nicknamed "Coutinho," his teammate at Santos FC in the 1960s. The cemetery sits a stone's throw from Santos's Vila Belmiro stadium, where Pele first dazzled the world as a 15-year-old phenom, on his way to scoring a record 1,281 career goals and becoming the only player in history to win three World Cups.

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One of the greatest players of all time, Brazilan forward football player, Pele's life off the field was as eventful as his record-breaking career on the field. He was married thrice, had several affairs and enjoyed a range of trailblazing sponsorship deals. Pele was 'O Rei' both on and off the field, from meeting Queen Elizabeth II, appointed as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in 1994, to being a devoted Catholic man, Pele lived a life king-size.

<h2>Marriages and Family life</h2>

In comparison to the&nbsp;unpredictable Diego Maradona, with whom he did compete for the title of best-ever footballer, Pele was often portrayed as secure and corporate-friendly, but his personal life was rife with issues. Pele married Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi in 1996 and had two daughters and one son together: Kelly, Jennifer, Edson or 'Edinho'.

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His first son, Edinho born two months after his World Cup victory in 1970, was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison in 2017 for drug trafficking and money laundering. In an interview with Bleacher Report that year, Edinho described how Pele became an absentee father after moving the family to New York to play with the Cosmos in the North American Soccer League in the mid-1970s, leaving his first wife Rosemary dos Reis Cholbi shortly after arriving in the US.

He later settled with Edinho, a former goalkeeper at Santos, the club where Pele rose to prominence as a footballer, but his relationship with his first daughter was even more difficult. He refused to recognise Sandra Arantes do Nascimento, who was born in 1964 as a result of an affair with a maid, despite Brazilian courts ruling in 1996 that she was his child after a five-year legal battle.
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Sandra Machadolater wrote a book titled "The Daughter The King Didn't Want".&nbsp;She died of breast cancer in 2006, at the age of 42. Pele refused to attend the funeral and had never met her two children.

In 2016, Pele, in his late 70s, married for the third time to 42-year-old businesswoman Marcia Aoki. Pele and Aoki met in New York in the 1980s but didn't start dating until 2010 when they met in an elevator in Sao Paulo.

<h2>Brand endorsements</h2>

Pele made a fortune by endorsing Visa and Mastercard, as well as sandals made from recycled tyre parts. 
Barbara Smit's book "Sneaker Wars" describes how, during the 1970 World Cup, Pele struck a deal with Puma that paid him $25,000 for the tournament, plus $100,000 over the next four years and a cut of branded boot sales.&nbsp;
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The agreement, which broke a pact between Puma and fierce rival Adidas not to sign Pele due to the high cost of a bidding war, was made on the condition that he ties his shoelaces before Brazil's quarter-final match against Peru.&nbsp;He did as he was told, the cameras captured the moment, and he earned himself a cool $2.85 million in today's money, not counting what he made from boot sales.

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His most famous endorsement, however, came in 2002, when he lent his name to the impotence treatment Viagra, encouraging viewers inside Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium to "talk to your doctor, I would!".

Due to his advertising campaign for the drug, he was named Japan's first educational ambassador for erectile dysfunction the same year. Pele, on the other hand, claimed that he had never used Viagra.

<h2>Man of many interests</h2>

Pele is best known to anglophone filmgoers for his role as Corporal Luis Fernandez in "Escape to Victory," in which a motley crew of POWs attempts to flee a German World War II prison camp. That film, in which he co-starred with Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone, was the pinnacle of his film career. Other efforts, such as the 1983 film "A Minor Miracle," in which a priest requests Pele's assistance in saving an orphanage, had a smaller impact.

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Other appearances include a cameo in "Mike Bassett: England Manager", but he refused to appear in an ESPN documentary about the New York Cosmos because producers wouldn't pay the $100,000 fee he demanded.

Pele was also no stranger to the world of music, having recorded as long ago as 1960. In 2006, he even released an album in collaboration with the famed Brazilian singer/songwriter Gilberto Gil.

A decade later, he released "Esperanca" ("Hope"), a song commemorating the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Pele recorded a song with Grammy-winning Mexican duo Rodrigo and Gabriela for his 80th birthday in 2020, billed as "a little birthday present for his fans and himself."

<h2>Once upon a time...</h2>

One of his most terrifying experiences occurred during a Pepsi-sponsored trip to Lagos, Nigeria in 1976, just as an unsuccessful military coup was launched. During the attempted coup, then-ruler General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated. Pele was in Lagos at the same time as Arthur Ashe, who was competing in the Lagos Tennis Classic.

During his semi-final match against Jeff Borowiak, then-Wimbledon champion Ashe was literally dragged off the court by gun-toting soldiers and ended up at the same hotel as Pele.

Pele was smuggled out of the country after the government opened the borders, with Brazilian authorities insisting Pele disguise himself as a pilot to conceal his identity.

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One of the greatest players of all time, Brazilan forward football player, Pele's life off the field was as eventful as his record-breaking career on the field. He was married thrice, had several affairs and enjoyed a range of trailblazing sponsorship deals.

One of the greatest players of all time, Brazilan forward football player, Pele's life off the field was as eventful as his record-breaking career on the field. He was married thrice, had several affairs and enjoyed a range of trailblazing sponsorship deals. Pele was 'O Rei' both on and off the field, from meeting Queen Elizabeth II, appointed as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in 1994, to being a devoted Catholic man, Pele lived a life king-size. Marriages and Family life In comparison to the unpredictable Diego Maradona, with whom he did compete for the title of best-ever footballer, Pele was often portrayed as secure and corporate-friendly, but his personal life was rife with issues. Pele married Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi in 1996 and had two daughters and one son together: Kelly, Jennifer, Edson or 'Edinho'. Also Read | Pele passes away: Messi, Ronaldo, Obama, Macron react to Brazilian icon's death His first son, Edinho born two months after his World Cup victory in 1970, was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison in 2017 for drug trafficking and money laundering. In an interview with Bleacher Report that year, Edinho described how Pele became an absentee father after moving the family to New York to play with the Cosmos in the North American Soccer League in the mid-1970s, leaving his first wife Rosemary dos Reis Cholbi shortly after arriving in the US. He later settled with Edinho, a former goalkeeper at Santos, the club where Pele rose to prominence as a footballer, but his relationship with his first daughter was even more difficult. He refused to recognise Sandra Arantes do Nascimento, who was born in 1964 as a result of an affair with a maid, despite Brazilian courts ruling in 1996 that she was his child after a five-year legal battle. Sandra Machadolater wrote a book titled "The Daughter The King Didn't Want". She died of breast cancer in 2006, at the age of 42. Pele refused to attend the funeral and had never met her two children. In 2016, Pele, in his late 70s, married for the third time to 42-year-old businesswoman Marcia Aoki. Pele and Aoki met in New York in the 1980s but didn't start dating until 2010 when they met in an elevator in Sao Paulo. Brand endorsements Pele made a fortune by endorsing Visa and Mastercard, as well as sandals made from recycled tyre parts. Barbara Smit's book "Sneaker Wars" describes how, during the 1970 World Cup, Pele struck a deal with Puma that paid him $25,000 for the tournament, plus $100,000 over the next four years and a cut of branded boot sales. The agreement, which broke a pact between Puma and fierce rival Adidas not to sign Pele due to the high cost of a bidding war, was made on the condition that he ties his shoelaces before Brazil's quarter-final match against Peru. He did as he was told, the cameras captured the moment, and he earned himself a cool $2.85 million in today's money, not counting what he made from boot sales. Watch | Everything you need to know about the Brazilian football legend × His most famous endorsement, however, came in 2002, when he lent his name to the impotence treatment Viagra, encouraging viewers inside Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium to "talk to your doctor, I would!". Due to his advertising campaign for the drug, he was named Japan's first educational ambassador for erectile dysfunction the same year. Pele, on the other hand, claimed that he had never used Viagra. Man of many interests Pele is best known to anglophone filmgoers for his role as Corporal Luis Fernandez in "Escape to Victory," in which a motley crew of POWs attempts to flee a German World War II prison camp. That film, in which he co-starred with Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone, was the pinnacle of his film career. Other efforts, such as the 1983 film "A Minor Miracle," in which a priest requests Pele's assistance in saving an orphanage, had a smaller impact. Also Read | Pele's obituary: The Soccer kingdom loses its 'King' Other appearances include a cameo in "Mike Bassett: England Manager", but he refused to appear in an ESPN documentary about the New York Cosmos because producers wouldn't pay the $100,000 fee he demanded. Pele was also no stranger to the world of music, having recorded as long ago as 1960. In 2006, he even released an album in collaboration with the famed Brazilian singer/songwriter Gilberto Gil. A decade later, he released "Esperanca" ("Hope"), a song commemorating the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Pele recorded a song with Grammy-winning Mexican duo Rodrigo and Gabriela for his 80th birthday in 2020, billed as "a little birthday present for his fans and himself." Once upon a time... One of his most terrifying experiences occurred during a Pepsi-sponsored trip to Lagos, Nigeria in 1976, just as an unsuccessful military coup was launched. During the attempted coup, then-ruler General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated. Pele was in Lagos at the same time as Arthur Ashe, who was competing in the Lagos Tennis Classic. During his semi-final match against Jeff Borowiak, then-Wimbledon champion Ashe was literally dragged off the court by gun-toting soldiers and ended up at the same hotel as Pele. Pele was smuggled out of the country after the government opened the borders, with Brazilian authorities insisting Pele disguise himself as a pilot to conceal his identity. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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Brazilian football legend and one of the greatest players of the beautiful game Pelé has passed away. He was 82 and was hospitalised for the last three months with multiple ailments, including colon cancer.

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One of the greatest football players of all time, Pele died on Thursday at the age of 82 years after battling cancer. Footballers, clubs, and national federations are still reeling from the loss of the Brazilian legend.

One of the greatest football players of all time, Pele died on Thursday at the age of 82 years after battling cancer. Footballers, clubs, and national federations are still reeling from the loss of the Brazilian legend. Pele's death comes a year after the death of football's Prince of Peace, Diego Maradona. Brazil has declared three days of mourning and has lit up Christ the Redeemer in green. Pele had removed his colon tumour in 2021 and was admitted to Albert Einstein hospital in São Paulo in November amid deteriorating health. The hospital statement confirmed the death of "our dear King of Football” at 3:27 pm local time, “due to the failure of multiple organs, a result of the progression of cancer of colon associated with his previous clinical condition". Also Read | Pele's obituary: The Soccer kingdom loses its 'King' A statement from Pelé’s official Instagram page added, "Inspiration and love marked the journey of King Pelé, who peacefully passed away today. On his journey, Edson enchanted the world with his genius in sport, stopped a war, carried out social works all over the world and spread what he most believed to be the cure for all our problems: love. His message today becomes a legacy for future generations. Love, love and love, forever". As soon as the news broke out, tributes came pouring in from around the world: French footballer Kylian Mbappe The king of football has left us but his legacy will never be forgotten. RIP KING 💔👑… pic.twitter.com/F55PrcM2Ud — Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) December 29, 2022 × Former US President Barack Obama Pelé was one of the greatest to ever play the beautiful game. And as one of the most recognizable athletes in the world, he understood the power of sports to bring people together. Our thoughts are with his family and everyone who loved and admired him. pic.twitter.com/urGRDePaPv — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 29, 2022 × US President Joe Biden For a sport that brings the world together like no other, Pelé’s rise from humble beginnings to soccer legend is a story of what is possible. Today, Jill and I's thoughts are with his family and all those who loved him. pic.twitter.com/EkDDkqQgLo — President Biden (@POTUS) December 29, 2022 × French President Emanuel Macron He wrote on Instagram, "The game. The king. Eternity." Le Jeu. Le Roi. L’Éternité. O Jogo. O Rei. A Eternidade. pic.twitter.com/ZjeaF7zIGx — Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) December 29, 2022 × Former England Player Geoff Hurst I have so many memories of Pele, without doubt the best footballer I ever played against (with Bobby Moore being the best footballer I ever played alongside). For me Pele remains the greatest of all time and I was proud to be on the the pitch with him. RIP Pele and thank you. pic.twitter.com/oCpQlw7EIK — Sir Geoff Hurst (@TheGeoffHurst) December 29, 2022 × Manchester United Club Rest in peace, Pele. Thank you for the joy you brought to football fans around the world ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Ypo6NGxdqS — Manchester United (@ManUtd) December 29, 2022 × FIFA federation "For everyone who loves the beautiful game, this is the day we never wanted to come. The day we lost Pelé." FIFA President Gianni Infantino pays tribute to Pelé: — FIFA (@FIFAcom) December 29, 2022 × Portugal Striker Cristiano Ronaldo He wrote on his Instagram, "My deepest condolences to all of Brazil, and in particular, to the family of Mr Edson Arantes do Nascimento. A mere "goodbye" to the eternal King Pele will never be enough to express the pain that embraces the whole world of football at this moment. An inspiration for so many millions, a reference of yesterday, of today, of always." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) × Argentina Captain Lionel Messi View this post on Instagram A post shared by Leo Messi (@leomessi) × Actor Sylvester Stallone PELE THE GREAT! Rest in peace! This was a good man. https://t.co/txGb9X1cMQ — Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) December 29, 2022 × Liverpool forward Mo Salah View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mohamed Salah (@mosalah) × Brazil and PSG forward Neymar View this post on Instagram A post shared by NJ 🇧🇷 (@neymarjr) × He said in his Instagram post, "Before Pelé, 10 was just a number. I’ve read this phrase somewhere, at some point in my life. But this sentence, while beautiful, is incomplete. I would say before Pelé, football was just a sport. Pelé had changed it all. He turned football into art, into entertainment. [He] gave voice to the poor, blacks and most importantly, gave visibility to Brazil". WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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